At this moment when the entire world welcomes and rejoices the advent of the New Year, let me, on behalf of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam extend my New Year greetings to the Tamil people all over the world. We welcome this New Year in the fond hope that it would spell progress in the life of all the oppressed peoples fighting for their rights, and look forward to the struggle of the Eelam Tamil people to move forward. We hope the New Year would relieve the people of Tamilnadu, linked to us, so to say, by the umbilical cord, who have been gravely affected of late by a natural disaster, of their sufferings and bring prosperity in their lives.

The year gone by, 2015, turned out to be a harbinger of the challenges we are going to face. It saw a change of regime in Sri Lanka, which resulted in the governments of the world adopting a new approach of supporting the Sri Lankan state. The greatest challenge awaiting us in the New Year is going to be how we, the Eelam Tamil people, are going to win over the International Community to support our struggle for self-determination from the present position of their support to the Sri Lankan state in their own interest. We should plan our moves in the New Year to face this challenge.

Moves are afoot for drafting a new constitution for the state of Sri Lanka this New Year. Hopes are being aired that through this new constitution the Tamil people

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the government is to establish a mechanism to supervise and advice ministries in the implementation of policies, a source said.

A tense situation was reported at the UNP party headquarters in Sirikotha when a group of UNP supporters arrived to hand over a document on reviving the party.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva said today that an NPP MP has told him that the Parliament canteen will not be closed but the government will see that no one will abuse the facility.

Two fishermen were seriously injured and hospitalised after a parcel floating on the sea exploded while they were checking it off the coast of Mannar.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and the Examinations Department have initiated a joint programme to mitigate potential disasters during the 2024 Advanced Level examinations.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressed the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka today. Following are 11 key points from the President’s Government Policy Statement;

Speaker Dr. Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala informed Parliament that nomination of Sajith Premadasa, leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), has been accepted as the Opposition Leader of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Jaffna District Independent MP Archuuna Ramanathan refused to move away after he sat on the Opposition Leader's seat inside the chambers despite requests by Parliament staff to move.

National People's Power (NPP) Gampaha MP Dr. Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala was elected as the Speaker of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka a short while ago. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya proposed his name, and the nomination was confirmed by Vijitha Herath.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake adjourned the Sri Lankan Parliament until 9:30 a.m. on December 3. The adjournment followed the President’s delivery of the government’s policy statement during the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament earlier today.